Historique
Article de Périodique
Skipping school and using drugs: A brief report (2010)
Auteur(s) :
HENRY, K.
Année
2010
Page(s) :
650-657
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
MILIEU SCOLAIRE
;
ENQUETE
;
ADOLESCENT
;
ABSENTEISME
;
PREVALENCE
Résumé :
Empirical evidence suggests that the setting of drug use is an important factor in an adolescent's decision to use drugs. In this study, one salient setting is examined–truancy from school. A total of 1000 eleventh grade students from one district in the Mid-Western United States were invited to participate in an in-school anonymous survey in 2006. Truancy was a common behaviour among the surveyed students and drug use while skipping school was a common behaviour among truants. The establishment of truancy as a setting for drug use may have important implications. Limitations, implications and future directions are discussed. This study was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (grant number K01 DA017810). [Author's abstract]
Affiliation :
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1876, United States / Etats-Unis